Patents by Inventor Victoria Smith

Victoria Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140086913
    Abstract: Provided are antibodies, including functional antibody fragments, that specifically bind to discoidin domain receptors (DDRs), and in particular to DDR1 proteins, as well as uses and method of using such antibodies, including in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions associated with DDR1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Victoria SMITH, Scott Alan MCCAULEY, Maria VAYSBERG, Joanne I. ADAMKEWICZ
  • Patent number: 8679485
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methodology and compositions for preventing and treating various diseases associated with abnormal cell proliferation, angiogenesis and fibrosis, by using an inhibitor of processed forms of lysyl oxidase or lysyl oxidase-like proteins, an inhibitor of LOX or LOXL, or a synergistic combination thereof combined with other therapeutic agents. Methods and compositions for diagnosing or monitoring various diseases associated with abnormal cell proliferation, angiogenesis and fibrosis, are also provided. Also provided herein are methods and related compositions, medical devices, systems and kits for preventing or treating various diseases and conditions associated with fibrosis with compositions comprising inhibitors of LOX or LOXL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Gilead Biologics, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Smith, Scott Ogg, Peter Van Vlasselaer, Vivian E. Barry, Derek Marshall, Alison Kay Holzer, Hector Rodriguez, Miho Oyasu, Scott Alan McCauley, Carlos Aurelio Garcia, Donna Hiroko Tokuoka Biermann
  • Patent number: 8680246
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides lysyl oxidase-like-2 (LOXL2) polypeptide binding agents, including, for example, antibodies that specifically bind a LOXL2 polypeptide; and further provides compositions comprising same. The binding agents can be used in various treatment and diagnostic methods, which are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Gilead Biologics, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Alan McCauley, Hector Rodriguez, Carlos Aurelio Garcia, Victoria Smith
  • Publication number: 20140079707
    Abstract: The present application relates to anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies and their use in purification, diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Antibodies include monoclonal antibodies, humanized antibodies and functional fragments thereof. Anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies can be used to identify and treat conditions such as a fibrotic condition, angiogenesis, or to prevent a transition from an epithelial cell state to a mesenchymal cell state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: GILEAD BIOLOGICS, INC.
    Inventors: Victoria SMITH, Scott OGG, Peter VAN VLASSELAER, Vivian E. BARRY, Derek MARSHALL, Alison Kay HOLZER, Hector RODRIGUEZ, Miho OYASU, Scott Alan MCCAULEY, Carlos Aurelio GARCIA, Donna Hiroko Tokuoka BIERMANN
  • Patent number: 8658167
    Abstract: Provided are methodology, compositions and kits to prevent and treat diseases associated with abnormal cell proliferation, angiogenesis and fibrosis, using processed lysyl oxidase or lysyl oxidase-like protein inhibitors, LOX inhibitors and LOXL inhibitors, or synergistic combinations of such inhibitors with therapeutic agents. Provided are methods for selecting tumor invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis inhibiting agents, by contacting cells in EMT states with candidate agents and detecting changes in such states; and methods, compositions, and kits for diagnosing or monitoring diseases associated with abnormal cell proliferation, angiogenesis and fibrosis, using molecules or agents specifically recognizing processed LOX or LOXL. Provided are methods, compositions, medical devices, systems and kits for preventing or treating diseases and conditions associated with fibrosis, including pathological cardiovascular conditions and diseases, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Gilead Biologics, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Smith, Scott Ogg, Peter Van Vlasselaer, Vivian E. Barry, Derek Marshall, Alison Kay Holzer, Hector Rodriguez, Miho Oyasu, Scott Alan McCauley, Carlos Aurelio Garcia, Donna Hiroko Tokuoka Biermann
  • Publication number: 20130324705
    Abstract: The present application relates to anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies and their use in purification, diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Antibodies include monoclonal antibodies, humanized antibodies and functional fragments thereof. Anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies can be used to identify and treat conditions such as a fibrotic condition, angiogenesis, or to prevent a transition from an epithelial cell state to a mesenchymal cell state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: GILEAD BIOLOGICS, INC.
    Inventors: Victoria SMITH, Scott OGG, Peter VAN VLASSELAER, Vivian E. BARRY, Derek MARSHALL, Alison Kay HOLZER, Hector RODRIGUEZ, Miho OYASU, Scott Alan MCCAULEY, Carlos Aurelio GARCIA, Donna Hiroko Tokuoka BIERMANN
  • Patent number: 8563695
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for the classification, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tumors characterized by loss of REST function, expression of ?2, and/or activation of Notch. Further compositions and methods are provided for modulation of cellular processes such as EMT, cell migration, and apoptosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jo-Anne Hongo, Jing Li, Victoria Smith
  • Patent number: 8512990
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are amino acid sequences, and encoding nucleotide sequences, of isolated catalytic domains of the LOX and LOXL2 proteins from human and mouse. Methods for the preparation and use of these isolated catalytic domains are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Gilead Biologics, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott McCauley, Victoria Smith
  • Publication number: 20130149298
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the treatment of hematopoietic tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Craig Crowley, Frederic J. de Sauvage, Dan L. Eaton, Allen Ebans, JR., Andrew Poison, Victoria Smith
  • Patent number: 8461303
    Abstract: The present application relates to anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies and their use in purification, diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Antibodies include monoclonal antibodies, humanized antibodies and functional fragments thereof. Anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies can be used to identify and treat conditions such as a fibrotic condition, angiogenesis, or to prevent a transition from an epithelial cell state to a mesenchymal cell state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Gilead Biologics, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Smith, Scott Ogg, Peter Van Vlasselaer, Vivian E. Barry, Derek Marshall, Alison Kay Holzer, Hector Rodriguez, Miho Oyasu, Scott Alan McCauley, Carlos Aurelio Garcia, Donna Hiroko Tokuoka Biermann
  • Patent number: 8398982
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. TAT113 polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 are disclosed. Antibodies that bind TAT113 polypeptides, including monoclonal, chimeric, humanized, single chain, and other antibodies, and fragments thereof, are disclosed. Methods of identifying antibodies that bind epitopes bound by such antibodies, including the antibodies produced by hybridoma cell lines disclosed in the application, are provided, wherein the ability of one antibody to block the binding of another antibody to a TAT113 polypeptide indicates that one antibody binds to an epitope bound by the other antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Dowd, Gretchen Frantz, Paul Polakis, Victoria Smith, Susan D. Spencer, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130064761
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Belinda Cairns, Ruihuan Chen, Gretchen Frantz, Kenneth J. Hillan, Hartmut Koeppen, Heidi S. Phillips, Paul Polakis, Susan D. Spencer, Victoria Smith, P. Mickey Williams, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Patent number: 8388973
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the treatment of hematopoietic tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley Chang, Frederic J. de Sauvage, Dan L. Eaton, Allen J. Ebens, Jr., Gretchen Frantz, Jo-Anne S. Hongo, Hartmut Koeppen, Andrew Polson, Victoria Smith
  • Publication number: 20130017207
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for enhancing the cell-killing activity of anti-neoplastic agents by inhibiting the activity of a lysyl oxidase-type enzyme. Also disclosed are methods for screening for chemotherapeutic agents, and for molecules that enhance the activity of chemotherapeutic agents, using cells grown on an extracellular matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Gilead Biologics, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria SMITH, Alison Kay Holzer
  • Publication number: 20130011402
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Patrick Dowd, Gretchen Frantz, Paul Polakis, Victoria Smith, Susan D. Spencer, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120309020
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an assay to detect and/or quantify circulating lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2) polypeptides in an individual. The assay is useful in diagnostic and prognostic applications, which are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Gilead Biologics, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Smith, Joanne I. Adamkewicz, Susan K. Lyman, Jason Chien, Xiaoming Li, Lixin Shao, Jeffrey D. Bornstein
  • Patent number: 8278042
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Belinda Cairns, Ruihuan Chen, Gretchen Frantz, Kenneth J. Hillan, Hartmut Koeppen, Heidi S. Phillips, Paul Polakis, Susan D. Spencer, Victoria Smith, P. Mickey Williams, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120087917
    Abstract: The present application relates to anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies and their use in purification, diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Antibodies include monoclonal antibodies, humanized antibodies and functional fragments thereof. Anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies can be used to identify and treat conditions such as a fibrotic condition, angiogenesis, or to prevent a transition from an epithelial cell state to a mesenchymal cell state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: VICTORIA SMITH, VIVIAN E. BARRY, HECTOR RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS AURELIO GARCIA, SCOTT OGG, DEREK MARSHALL, MIHO OYASU, DONNA HIROKO TOKUOKA BIERMANN, PETER VAN VLASSELAER, ALISON KAY HOLZER, SCOTT ALAN MCCAULEY
  • Patent number: 8106156
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J Godowski, Austin L Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I Wood
  • Publication number: 20110312921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-heterocyclic sulphonamide compounds, in particular pyrazole sulphonamide compounds, and their use as N-myristoyl transferase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen Brand, Paul Wyatt, Stephen Thompson, Victoria Smith, Tracy Bayliss, Justin Harrison, Neil Norcross, Laura Cleghorn, Ian Gilbert, Ruth Brenk